8-letter words containing c, o, d, a
- sarcodic — pertaining to the sarcode or protoplasm of an animal
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- scordato — out of tune
- scorepad — a pad whose sheets are printed with headings, vertical or horizontal lines, symbols, or the like, to facilitate the recording of scores in a game, as bowling or bridge.
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- shaddock — pomelo.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sticcado — a type of xylophone
- stoccado — a thrust with a rapier or other pointed weapon.
- stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- tax code — (in the UK) a code consisting of numbers and letters, which indicates to an employer how much tax should be deducted from an employee's pay
- tcol.ada — CMU, 1980. An intermediate representation for Ada, was merged with AIDA to form Diana. "TCOL.Ada: Revised Report on an Intermediate Representation for the DOD Standard Programming Language", J.M. Newcomer et al, CMU-CS-79-128 (June 1979).
- thioacid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- touchpad — a computer input device for controlling the pointer on a display screen by sliding the finger along a touch-sensitive surface: used chiefly in laptop computers.
- uncoated — not covered with a coating
- videocam — A videocam is a camera that you can carry around with you that records moving images.
- voidance — the act of voiding.
- wardcorn — a payment of corn in the feudal law system
- watchdog — a dog kept to guard property.
- woodchat — Also, woodchat shrike. a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle.
- zodiacal — an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.